Isaiah

//aɪˈzeɪ.ə// name

name ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
  2. 2
    A prophet, the author of the Book of Isaiah.

    "The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself."

  3. 3
    A male given name from Hebrew.

    "The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself."

Example

More examples

"Whenever I feel despair, I always turn to the verses from Psalm 34:18, Matthew 11:28-30, and Isaiah 41:10."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἠσαΐας (Ēsaḯas) from Hebrew יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (yəšaʿyā́hū).

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